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Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Has NVGs

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6:00 PM - July 14, 2009 by Marcus Yam

The first game ever to come with night vision goggles.

Modern Warfare 2 (no, it's not called Call of Duty anymore) will undoubtedly be one of the biggest releases of this year.  You can bet fans of COD4 are already saving up for their copy, but given the news of the special editions for Modern Warfare 2, they may have to save even more.

Developer Infinity Ward today revealed that there will be three different edition of Modern Warfare 2. The different SKUs are much like what came out for Halo 3, with a regular one, a steelbook, and a mega cat helmet edition.

The step up from the regular version is a steelbook, metal-cased edition (which is officially called the Hardened Edition) and will come with an artbook as well as a download code for the original Call of Duty on Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network.

The really impressive stuff comes from the Prestige Edition, which unbelievably enough, comes with fully functional night vision goggles and a model head to display them on when you're not wearing them. Aside from that, the Hardened Edition is also part of the bundle.

The regular game will retail for $59.99, the Hardened Edition for $79.99, and the Prestige Edition with the NVG for $149.99.

Only artwork for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were shown, but if there were any reason for the PC gamer to plunk down the cash for this one, it'd have to be for the night visions goggles. After all, you can't find that sort of hardware floating around on torrents.

Check out the official unboxing below and look out for it on shelves this November 10.

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Unboxing (Official)

Source : Tom's Hardware US

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Maxor127 07/15/2009 12:38 PM
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Actually they added Call of Duty back to the title.

RicardoK 07/15/2009 12:40 PM
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LATTEH 07/15/2009 12:44 PM
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looks awesome but for 100 dollars more i dont think it would be worth it lol but it sure is tempting!

ColMirage 07/15/2009 12:50 PM
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Hardened edition will be enough for me. I want that Artbook!

duckmanx88 07/15/2009 12:58 PM
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they added the COD title back to it 5 days ago. you might want to change your first sentence.

c0r3f1ght3r 07/15/2009 1:21 AM
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rofl @ NVG's, they look like a cannon... and I thought the standard Army issue ones were gay...

OvrClkr 07/15/2009 3:41 AM
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Kinda sucks that we have to wait till Nov.. I want to play that soooo bad.....

one-shot 07/15/2009 3:41 AM
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The guy said Bad Boy about 100 times during the vid.

doomtomb 07/15/2009 3:44 AM
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When can we place our pre-orders?

brendano257 07/15/2009 4:05 AM
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$149? I'm all for getting the best that's out there...but that's either one spedcial copy...or 3 copies for 3 computers...I'd say it's a pretty easy call...

soldier37 07/15/2009 4:06 AM
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These won't be no where near military spec, more like toys r us versions for kiddies. But I guess they are catering to the kiddie console bunch, since no mention of the PC version which will certainly own the consoles and be at a cheaper price than $60.

brendano257 07/15/2009 4:15 AM
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(If you don't care about anything but the NVG's skip to 3:00 flat in the video, everything else is about the SKU's)

fausto 07/15/2009 4:39 AM
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i just want the fucking game

hispeed120 07/15/2009 5:08 AM
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lol even $100 pair of NVGs will be utter trash...

hispeed120 07/15/2009 5:18 AM
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And does this guy sound a little drunk??

Anonymous 07/15/2009 7:21 AM
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it looks like the NVG goggles are an active type utilizing 7 IR LEDs in a ring around the camera, which explains why this is remotely cost-effective. For the price, pretty neat, given the cost of the real thing.

eddieroolz 07/15/2009 8:16 AM
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$149 for the highest SKU...boy, these games are getting expensive.

maigo 07/15/2009 9:57 AM
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IR goggles like this will get you 50 feet

Remember Eyeclops?

asdf634 07/15/2009 1:12 PM
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That POS is fugly... I want the one Sam Fisher has!!

theholylancer 07/15/2009 2:43 PM
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O.o think they will work with the real thing?

aka the:

http://www.eotech-inc.com/product.php?id=3&cat=1

since that 552 is "Compatible with Gen I-IV Night Vision Systems (Tandem Operation)" and if this thing is a real Gen I NVG for fucking 150 dollars USD, that would be awesome!!!

theholylancer 07/15/2009 2:44 PM
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O and you can buy that 552 for airsoft or real guns as long as you can mount it with a rail at your local gun store for like 700 USD lol so it's not vapor ware.

kaby 07/15/2009 3:31 PM
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who cares about the crummy night vision goggles, what can you possibly expect from a 150 dollar pair of night vision goggles? What I care about is the download for the original call of duty for the xbox, as long as it is not finest hour...

Netherscourge 07/15/2009 3:42 PM
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What the hell are you gonna do with nightvision goggles that isn't illegal?


theholylancer 07/15/2009 4:11 PM
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take the trash out at night silently with no lights on? At least it isn't brass knuckles lol

bounty 07/15/2009 4:38 PM
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Take a piss while camping, and not wake up your neighbor.
Midnight paintball!
Watch nocturnal wildlife.
Get the drop on an intruder.
Find the mouse in your garage that keeps running when you turn on the light.
Nerd it up with your friends.
Halloween costume.
Spelunking.

Parrdacc 07/15/2009 6:43 PM
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spy on neighbors and friends
drive with no lights on
find out exactly what keeps getting into the trash

The possiablities are endless:)

Seriously, please do not do the first two. Was just joking.

accolite 07/15/2009 7:35 PM
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I can't wait.

OvrClkr 07/19/2009 3:34 AM
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doomtomb wrote :

When can we place our pre-orders?





I went today and pre-ordered my copy at game-stop. Going to pick up Nov 10th midnight-release.

Anonymous 07/24/2009 6:51 PM
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I still don't understand why prestige edition isn't available for pc?

kalzaeth 09/02/2009 4:59 AM
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so get the prestige version on either ps3 or 360 then sell the hardened version and buy the PC version as well thats what I did and I already have a 20 dollar profit and get to keep the NVG which I will have some fun with as I have seen a pair and they actually are worth the extra cash.

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